Fatigue-free visual perception of high-density super-multiview augmented reality images

Sungjin Lim; Hosung Jeon; Minwoo Jung; Chulwoong Lee; Woonchan Moon; Kwangsoo Kim; Hwi Kim; Joonku Hahn

doi:10.1038/s41598-022-06778-4

Fatigue-free visual perception of high-density super-multiview augmented reality images

Sci Rep. 2022 Feb 22;12(1):2959. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06778-4.

Authors

Sungjin Lim¹, Hosung Jeon¹, Minwoo Jung¹, Chulwoong Lee¹, Woonchan Moon¹, Kwangsoo Kim¹, Hwi Kim², Joonku Hahn³

Affiliations

¹ School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, South Korea.
² Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea University, Sejong, 30019, South Korea. hwikim@korea.ac.kr.
³ School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, South Korea. jhahn@knu.ac.kr.

Abstract

It is well known that wearing virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) devices for long periods can cause visual fatigue and motion sickness due to vergence-accommodation conflict (VAC). VAC is considered the main obstacle to the development of advanced three-dimensional VR and AR technology. In this paper, we present a novel AR high-density super-multiview (HDSMV) display technique capable of eliminating VAC in wide range. The designed binocular time-sequential AR HDSMV projection, which delivers 11 views to each eye pupil, is experimentally demonstrated, confirming that VAC is eliminated over a wide-range of viewer's focus distance. It is believed that the proposed time-sequential AR HDSMV method will pave the way for the development of VAC-free AR technology.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't